Thesaurus: tiptoe

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1. n. The end, or tip, of the toe.
2. a. Being on tiptoe, or as on tiptoe; hence, raised as high as possible; lifted up; exalted; also, alert.
3. a. Noiseless; stealthy.
4. v. i. To step or walk on tiptoe.
5. n. the tip of a toe
6. adv. on tiptoe or as if on tiptoe
7. v. walk on one's toes
8. The end, or tip, of the toe. He must . . . stand on his typtoon [tiptoes]. Chaucer. Upon his tiptoes stalketh stately by. Spenser. To be, or To stand, a tiptoe or on tiptoe, to be awake or alive to anything; to be roused; to be eager or alert; as, to be a tiptoe with expectation. 1. Being on tiptoe, or as on tiptoe; hence, raised as high as possible; lifted up; exalted; also, alert. Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund day Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain tops. Shak. Above the tiptoe pinnacle of glory. Byron. 2. Noiseless; stealthy. "With tiptoe step." Cowper. Tiptoe mirth, the highest degree of mirth. Sir W. Scott. To step or walk on tiptoe.
9. The end, or tip, of the toe.He must . . . stand on his typtoon [tiptoes]. Chaucer.Upon his tiptoes stalketh stately by. Spenser.To be, or To stand, a tiptoe or on tiptoe, to be awake or alive toanything; to be roused; to be eager or alert; as, to be a tiptoe withexpectation.
10. n:38/v:62 n. the tip of a toe v. walk on one's toes s. walking on the tips of ones's toes so as to make no noise r. on tiptoe or as if on tiptoe